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07/29/2011
Rosie the pit bull made me cry »
Last Sunday July 24, New York Animal Rights Alliance America (NY-ARAA) held a demonstration outside the Brooklyn Animal Care and Control exposing the horrific mass euthanasia occurring in their New York shelter locations. Joining protesters at their local shelters across the country, the NY-ARAA dressed in red as a reminder of the unnecessary death that occurs daily at these kill shelters.
[Can’t see the video? Watch it on Vegansaurus.com]
The demonstration came to a screeching halt, however, when a badly injured pit bull named Rosie arrived at the shelter. Bearing tire tracks on her hind legs and backside, Rosie was clearly in pain and was seen dripping with blood, including form her muzzle, indicating internal damage. The protesters observed that she was likely hit by a car, and quickly came to her aid. Rosie had a stroke of luck arriving at the shelter on that particular day: the NY-ARAA removed her from the kill shelter and has arranged veterinary treatment for her while embarking on a search for a new family for the recovering pup. They’ve graciously set up a Facebook page for Rosie HERE—click the link and find out how you can help this beautiful girl!
[image in video via This Dish Is Veg]
08/04/2010
» OH NO! Little Otsu to close Valencia Street store :(
A nice write-up on Mission Local about the store, and it’s future plans to run everything virtually. Happy to hear that we’ll still be able to buy many of their goodies online but it was always nice to take SF visitors to the quirky adorable vegan store on Valencia for cute-ass shit, local zines, and a good selection of vegan cook books. Oh well.
A silver-lining is that its replacement is Scholar Match, a non-profit that connects students with donors to help pay for higher education. I’m glad something awesome will be in that awesome space. We’ll miss you, Little Otsu! I’m pouring out some vegan milkshake for you tonight, homie! J/k, I ain’t on no diet. I’ll just drink a second one in your honor.
QUICK QUESTION: Does anyone know if Little Otsu was the first vegan storefront in the US? Or anywhere? I’m talking about when they were Otsu over on 16th Street. I dunno… seems worth researching. Who likes to research? Not this girl! That’s why I blog!
∞ posted at 11:37 by laurahooperb 
